Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-25

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some remedy may be found. How
much do you SAY YOU owe?
Four thousand to Dam rcau.
and -"
Nv no is Damereau?
Goodness. Alice. if you never did
come to town till this season, You
ought to know who she is. without ask
ing. Nine. Damereau' the great
milliner and dresSmaker; every body
goes to her You are as ignorant as a
child. Then owe for India shawls.
and lace, and Jewels, and furs and
things. owe six thousand pounds if
lowe a farthing.'
What a sum-" echoed Alice,
aghast six thousand pounds
LAY, you may we'll repeat it. Which
of the Queens was it who said that
when she died the name of Calais
would be found engraven on her heart?
Mary think. Were | to die. those
two words, six thousand would be
found engraven on mine. They are
never absent from me. see them
written up in figures in my dreams; l
see them as walk; in the ballroom.
in the theater, in the park, they are
buzzing in my ears; when wake from
my troubled sleep they come rushing
over me. and start from my bed, sick
and terrified. and can not escape
them"
You must have dressed in silver
and gold" uttered poor Alice.
"NO; only in what cost it; in such
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pulling at her bonnet with both hands.
in irritation so passionate, that it WAS
torn in two.
"Oh. pray! pray!" Alice interposcd.
but too late to prevent the catastrophe.
"Your beautiful bonnet! Selma, it
must have cost three or four guineas.
What a waste!"
"Tush!" peevishly replied Mrs. Dali
rymple, flinging the wrecks to the mid
die Of the room. "A bonnet more or
less. what does it mattcr?"
Alice sat, in thought; looking very
grave, very panied. very perpleXed.
lit appears to me that you are on a
wrong course altogether. Selma. The
imprudence already committed can not
be helped, but you might strive to re-
deem it"
"Strive against whirpool?" sar.
castically responded Mrs. Dalrymplc.
"You a.'e getting deeper into it; by
your own admission you are having
new things every day. 1t is adding
fuel to fire"
IL can't go naked"
"But you must have large stock Of
dress by YOU"
"Do you think l would appear in
last years things? l can't and won't
You do not understand these matters,
Alice, and can not be expected to know
better"
"Then you ought not to 60 out; you
ought to have stopped at the Grange"
Il could not stop there. l was eat.
ing away my heartstrings. Excite.
ment is necessary to me to drown
care"
''You can only do one thing" OBJ.
served Alice, after a pause of reilec.
ton; ''confess all to your husband. II
things are so bad, they must be KEEP,
from getting worse"
'.Bc quiet. Alice. Do not mention
his name. Tha: IS adding fuel to fire.
if you like"
ut is cruel to suffer him to incur the
expense attendant on another London
season. If you object to tell him thu
truth yourself, shall do it? l should
not like the task. but for your sake
Hold your tongue, l say. ALICE"
was the excited interruption. How
dare you offer to interfere between ne
and my husband?"
Selma, do be calm. If you take il
in this light, of course l must be silent
There is no cause for your agitation
l should not speak to Oscar without
your full permission. How strangely
you are alteredr'
II have had enough to alter me-"
''What is to be the end of all this?''
resumed Alice, speaking the words in q
musing tone, rather than rs question
"Ah, that's it! The end. But you
need not hasten it. And, as if the
thought of that were not enough,
have another worry on me now"
What else?" sighed Miss Dial
rymple.
"Damercau is pressing for hel
money" replied Selma. "She has
limited that she can not give me further
credit
1.-The very best thing that could hap
pen." thought her sister.
"Wnat shame it is that there should
be SO much worry in the wOrld!' fret
fully exclaimed Mrs. Dalrymple.
''Three parts of the worry we create
ourselves" replied Alice; 1--WE bring il
on by our own acts. And no worry
ought to have the power very seriously
to disturb our peace" she continued
in whisper.
''NOw, Alice, know what you are
limiting at; you are going to bring up
some of those religious notions Of
yours. They will be worse than lost
upon me. One can not live with one.
body in this world, and ones heart ir
the next"
''Oh yes we cam" said Alice, earnest
ly. Owe"
''Well, don't suppose I'm going
into the next, yet, unless torment
myself out of this one; so don't go or
about it, was the graceless reply Of
Mrs. Dalrymple. But as Alice rose tc
leave her mood changed.
Forgive my righteousness, Alice
indeed. you would excuse it if you
only knew how truly miserable am
It makes me savage with myself and
with every body else"
''Ma'am." interrupted Mrs. Dalrym.
pies maid, entering the room. Lady
Burnham is at the door waiting fol
YOU"
II am not going out to-day" an.
swcred her mistress, rising. II have
changed my mind"
'Oh my patience!'' uttered the maid,
''what's this? Why, ma'am, it's never
your bonnet!'
She stopped over the two pieces in
establishment; then she went to pick
them up, but her mistress was too
quick for her.
No man is a hero to his valet-de.
chambre; fear the same may be said
of woman. Bother the bonnet" was
the undignified reply of Mrs. Dalrymplc.
as she kicked the pieces further away.
Ann humbly followed them to the far.
off corner. and there took them into